The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and three days later another 74,000 perished in Nagasaki. The first atomic bomb was dropped on the western city of Hiroshima by ...

NAGASAKI—Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said he is withholding an invitation to Israel to attend the city’s annual peace ...

Many still believe nuclear weapons are necessary. Nagasaki Mayor Suzuki Shiro heard that view repeatedly at the United Nations. As the son of two hibakusha, he traveled there to share the human toll ...

NAGASAKI, Japan — The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories can ...

Contact with foreigners was prohibited at the time, but Shohei Tsuiki wanted to try out the English he had started learning.

NAGASAKI – Mayors for Peace, a worldwide organization of city leaders, started a three-day general conference in Nagasaki on Friday, the day before the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the ...

NAGASAKI -- Hibakusha, or A-bomb survivors, in Nagasaki mourned the death of singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, remembering his ...

The exchanges between Nagasaki and China go back centuries. Even during Japan’s sakoku period when the country largely shut its borders, some 10,000 Chinese immigrants lived in an international ...

NAGASAKI, Japan — The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands of civilians and left survivors who hope their harrowing ...